Transaction cf9c8af91e83fd60a4d41cc0afe77a89b67c11eced824c551cb3b1302f6c5854

Block #282614

2014-01-26 21:27:39 +0000 UTC (~10 years, 6 months ago)

BTC Burned: 🔥1 BTC🔥

Inputs

13dgxdjSuYrr58JpfGcg36FTmhsT5RemUx

OP_DUP OP_HASH160 1ce0951b51c2d0c17ea92ce98e3062b843aabbaa OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG pubkeyhash

Outputs

1CounterpartyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXUWLpVr

OP_DUP OP_HASH160 818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f8179821 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG pubkeyhash

How did this transaction burn BTC?

Burn Address

Bitcoin addresses are generated by base58 or bech32 encoding the hash of a public key or script, along with a version and checksum.

As the encoding is directly performed on this hash value, it is possible to generate a valid address for which the pre-image public key or script is unknown. This is known as a burn address.

This is commonly done to create a visually distinct address, and to demonstrate some level of “nothing up my sleeve” transparency. The hash values are picked to be values that are improbably to have been generated by chance (due to the immense computational power required to find a pre-image that hashes to a specific value).

While some burn addresses were used in Proof-of-Burn schemes, the majority of burn addresses are simply vanity addresses used to simply burn coins or encode a message into the blockchain.

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Raw Transaction

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  "txid": "cf9c8af91e83fd60a4d41cc0afe77a89b67c11eced824c551cb3b1302f6c5854",
  "hash": "cf9c8af91e83fd60a4d41cc0afe77a89b67c11eced824c551cb3b1302f6c5854",
  "version": 1,
  "size": 223,
  "vsize": 223,
  "weight": 892,
  "locktime": 0,
  "vin": [
    {
      "txid": "e16ead22ba233c678f5406b888582b5530a8316646fbc3ef117943f2be8ab112",
      "vout": 0,
      "scriptSig": {
        "asm": "30440220530d7d676cf3c5f73e3d014b18d1a49922b4f66c2cfb911f03fa88406352a0ef022047f0153bd295ec3b6c5130b8a56f238e2e5d95a6ab11e4605d73805d92b6889f[ALL] 042dc1721664ad825849b76e1216f8def2689ca8e8353244198ed3f56bde2f34dba1938bac2f935e4f89a8ec26288885a3d6ec57688427fdd6af8ea37fe8ca6812",
        "hex": "4730440220530d7d676cf3c5f73e3d014b18d1a49922b4f66c2cfb911f03fa88406352a0ef022047f0153bd295ec3b6c5130b8a56f238e2e5d95a6ab11e4605d73805d92b6889f0141042dc1721664ad825849b76e1216f8def2689ca8e8353244198ed3f56bde2f34dba1938bac2f935e4f89a8ec26288885a3d6ec57688427fdd6af8ea37fe8ca6812"
      },
      "prevout": {
        "generated": false,
        "height": 282614,
        "value": "1.00010000",
        "scriptPubKey": {
          "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 1ce0951b51c2d0c17ea92ce98e3062b843aabbaa OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
          "desc": "addr(13dgxdjSuYrr58JpfGcg36FTmhsT5RemUx)#u7ycf5tf",
          "hex": "76a9141ce0951b51c2d0c17ea92ce98e3062b843aabbaa88ac",
          "address": "13dgxdjSuYrr58JpfGcg36FTmhsT5RemUx",
          "type": "pubkeyhash"
        }
      },
      "sequence": 4294967295
    }
  ],
  "vout": [
    {
      "value": "1.00000000",
      "n": 0,
      "scriptPubKey": {
        "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f8179821 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
        "desc": "addr(1CounterpartyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXUWLpVr)#v66r8cp2",
        "hex": "76a914818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f817982188ac",
        "address": "1CounterpartyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXUWLpVr",
        "type": "pubkeyhash"
      }
    }
  ],
  "fee": "0.00010000",
  "hex": "010000000112b18abef2437911efc3fb466631a830552b5888b806548f673c23ba22ad6ee1000000008a4730440220530d7d676cf3c5f73e3d014b18d1a49922b4f66c2cfb911f03fa88406352a0ef022047f0153bd295ec3b6c5130b8a56f238e2e5d95a6ab11e4605d73805d92b6889f0141042dc1721664ad825849b76e1216f8def2689ca8e8353244198ed3f56bde2f34dba1938bac2f935e4f89a8ec26288885a3d6ec57688427fdd6af8ea37fe8ca6812ffffffff0100e1f505000000001976a914818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f817982188ac00000000"
}